On Monday Nov. 18th, 2013 both Tattican City Tattoo and Schiffmacher & Veldhoen Tattoo shops in Amsterdam will donate 100% of shop proceeds to help with the relief efforts in the Philippines. Please show your support and get tattooed! Walk ins only, contact shops for more details… Repost, share and help spread the word… Henk Schiffmacher will be tattooing at the Tattican Tattoo shop.

Deluxe Edition contains, original art from Hanky Panky, one limited, signed and numbered print, announcement poster from book release, copy of one of Henk’s childhood report cards and all Deluxe copies are hand signed, numbered and in cased in metal cover. Send PayPal payment or questions to: info@bluebonesociety.com.

By Johndotcom
Since the closure of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum (ATM) in Nov. 2012 the tattoo community, along with fans and followers of the museum have had many questions about its untimely closure.

Today the intention is to shed some light on this subject by presenting *bankruptcy documents levied against the museum’s main financer and location provider Mrs. Mary Jeannette Leonora Seret, and her private company by the name of Partners at Work BV… Continue reading →

From Annemarie Beers to all the ATM followers, supporters and Blue Bone Society members,

Yesterday, two years ago we opened the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. With help from a lot friends from all over the world we managed to start a great museum and realized Henk’s dream. Opening day and night was one to remember forever! Unfortunately we had to end this in a bad way due to our “financier’s” incompetence. We were kicked out of OUR museum on Nov. 12th 2012, Henk’s collection was kidnapped in the museum. On April 1st, 2013 the museum closed its doors… Continue reading →

The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is proud to present a small portion of our Japanese Traditional Tattoo photo collection. Most of the pictures represented are from the early 1900s to present day. We will be updating the Photo Archive section periodically. Please click here to see the entire Japanese Traditional section. Thanks for looking and be sure to check back with us for more information and updates in the near future…

The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is proud to present a small portion of our Modern Traditional Tattoo photo collection. Most of the pictures represented are from the early 1900s to present day. We will be updating the Photo Archive section periodically. Please click here to see the entire Modern Traditional section. Thanks for looking and be sure to check back with us for more information and updates in the near future…

*UPDATE* Several people have written us regarding these photos, and it seems that they are Hungarian prison tattoos taken of inmates. The text in most of the photos are the prisoners names, but in some cases the text describes the location of the tattoo, where and why the prisoner was tattooed. The following two comments were sent to our Facebook page and e-mail:

Schmidt Péter Hey! I saw the post that you are looking for info. The photos were taken of Hungarian inmates for their registry. The text is mostly their names but this one here also explains that the owner had it inked in America as a memory about his visit.

Edina Kelemen: These are Hungarian ( I think) prison Tattoos, the texts, are names, and which body part. Some pictures of the coat of arms of Hungary, and other I try to find more informations…

The Amsterdam Tattoo Museum is proud to present a small portion of our Tattoo Business Card collection. Most of the cards represented are from the early 1900s to present day. We will be updating the Photo Archive section periodically. Please click here to see the entire Business Card section. Thanks for looking and be sure to check back with us for more information and updates in the near future…

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This week we received a note from the city council that we are still in the running for the Oosterkerk in Amsterdam as a new possible location for the Tattican. We’ll keep you informed on this!

Meanwhile, our pop-up shop at the van Woustraat is doing great. With the help of our resident artists Danny Boy, Tiziana and Dan Dringenberg and several guest artists like Chris Garver, Lucky Bastard, Sousyu and later this year we expect visits from Indio Reyes, Bong Padilla, Tattoo Rich, Tim Hendricks, Corey Miller and Ami James. Please like our Facebook page or follow us on Instagram for more updates… Continue reading →